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That facil- “ "‘5, ‘1 knowledge and technological advances.“ ity was made possible by a Siloâ€"million grant , said Reinando. ”The second thing is to from the provincial government. and was ‘ ' change our business model. which will take panotanoverallsZOOmillioninvestmentby "Ufaâ€"AK A yearnwhaemrrumnerswillnrovetootm the Belgium-based company to streamline “ ‘- . _. .. .. sourcingpanoftheirl'l'activity. its research and development capabilities ' .6 'It will be a bit like what other industries around the world. have done in the past. and we believe that More impressive than the lengthy list of the hospitals will move in the same direction. dignitaries that attended the opening was Afga Heatwave global solutions manager Don Walsh conducts a demonstration during the We're not talking about oumourcing the doc- the demonstration Don Walsh. 3 global solu- grand opening of the cornpany‘s new Waterloo research and development centre last week. tors and their skills but supporting them tions manager of the company. put on for ”WW” moreand moreand mavingthat Information Richard Alvarez. president and CEO ofCana- rid“ attlteirlingertips hisoornpany that hasbeenapioneerinxâ€"ray todatacentresandlntothedoud." da Health lnfoway, on an iPad. The not-for- Walsh quickly switched over to a patholoâ€" film and radiology. 'We have the challenge of Belgium Ambassador Bruno van der Hui- profit corporation, created by Canada's First gy consult on a patient needing a second transforming the company from a traditional jm Virus on hand to welcome the stronger ties Minister in 200! and funded by the federal opinion on a skin cancer diagnosis. The HD analogfllmcompany from a lewyearsago to between his country and Canada. and government. is an important client of the screen on the iPad was so vivid it showed adig'tal company,“ - - Ontario Minister of Economic Development company. It's hoping to transform health individual flaking around the damaged skin The company is a leader in the field of and Innovation Brad Duguid said the care in (hnada with the type of health infor- and zoomed in on areasof concern. digitizing those traditional x-ray images and province’s $30-million investment was part matitm technology Agfa's new research is try- “We hope to roll this out for all the ’olo- eliminating the paper trail and ultimately of his govemment‘s strategy to develop the ing to create, gies." said Walsh. "lt‘s not just for radiology. creating savings for the health-care industry. knowledge-based economy. Walsh uwd the tablet to show an image of it's for pathology and the other ologies' A company called Mitra. based in Water- "Through this building we see our stu- it tom lt‘dt‘tul’l‘ then quickly zoomed in to the It's that type of work that put Waterloo loo. did a lot of that high-tech work smooth- dents employed here and really‘maldnga dif- prohlcrn spot It‘s that type of shared inforâ€" and its capabilities on the map. said Chris- ing out the transition for Agfa HealthCare in ference for the company, for the community mulltltl that will allow specialists in other tian Reinaudo. chief executive ofliccr of Agfa» the early [990s It’s what led Agfa to put down and for health care everywhere in the world.” parts of the country to confer and lead to Gevaen Group. roots in the city when it acquired thecompa- said Dr. Feridun Hamdullarphur. pmident better patient outcomes. “We're a company with more than 100 ny in 1991. of the University of Waterloo “It's great that And ll does it by putting the information years of history behind it." said Reinaudo of "What we're trying to do here in Waterloo Agfa can see what our studentscan olfer." 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